Mashriq

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cultural region geographical term historical region

Mashriq is the historical term for the eastern Arab and Islamic lands, typically referring to the Levant, Mesopotamia, and surrounding regions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ geographical term ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Anatolia (to the north of some parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabian Desert (to the south of some parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea (to the west of some parts) ⓘ Persian Gulf (to the east of some parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalCityInRegion	Abu Dhabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Doha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuwait City NERFINISHED ⓘ Manama NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscat NERFINISHED ⓘ Riyadh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanaʽa NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Fertile Crescent (core area) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigris–Euphrates river system NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Bahrain (sometimes included) ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Kuwait NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Oman (sometimes included) ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Qatar (sometimes included) ⓘ Saudi Arabia (eastern parts, sometimes included) ⓘ Syria ⓘ United Arab Emirates (sometimes included) ⓘ Yemen (sometimes included) ⓘ
culturalCharacteristic	historical center of early Islamic caliphates ⓘ predominantly Arabic-speaking ⓘ strong Islamic cultural heritage ⓘ
direction	east ⓘ
etymology	Arabic root sh-r-q meaning to rise (as in sunrise or east) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Islamic era ⓘ medieval Islamic era ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
meaning	the place of sunrise ⓘ
notableCity	Aleppo NERFINISHED ⓘ Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Mosul NERFINISHED ⓘ
oppositeOf	Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Arab world NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
subregion	Arabian Peninsula (eastern and northern parts, in some definitions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	Arabic historiography ⓘ Islamic geography NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic West → contrastedWith → Mashriq ⓘ

Bilad al-Sham@ar → partOf → Mashriq ⓘ

subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham